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he's saying, you're right, you hate obama care? i hate obama care. you're right. but he's not explaining to them what is possible and what could be done. and it used to be the job of really crafty and really good dealmakers like mitch mcconnell that could shepherd real legislation through by finding compromise that was acceptable to the base. they don't even do that anymore was they're afraid of the talk radio guys. >> it's an honesty issue and a question of going to your voters and saying, you might like this, but these are the reasons why shutting down the american government is not actually going to win us the next election. let's talk like grown-ups about this and see how we can try to reform what we have at the moment, because this is going to be the law of the land. >>> okay, after spending months and millions of dollars campaigning against a national gun registry, it turns out the nra has one of its own. speaking, perhaps, about dishonesty here. a new story from buzzfeed reveals that the nra compiled information on tens of millions of gun owners without the
he's saying, you're right, you hate obama care? i hate obama care. you're right. but he's not explaining to them what is possible and what could be done. and it used to be the job of really crafty and really good dealmakers like mitch mcconnell that could shepherd real legislation through by finding compromise that was acceptable to the base. they don't even do that anymore was they're afraid of the talk radio guys. >> it's an honesty issue and a question of going to your voters and...
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obama doesn't have that. he had the speaking skill way ahead of schedule, the inspiration ability, charisma, he never developed a love of politics, love of politicians, sit around and play cards with them, their nuances, hooks, triggers, buttons, get to know them and figure out how you can work with some of them, even tough customers like eric cantor, boehner, get to know the tea party sentiment. >> and world leaders, chris. >> pardon me? i'm with you on that. >> chris, this is thomas. the hillary perception is reality, is it because when we look on the right we've got cruz, we've got christie and they have a national platform and will for a while. hillary doesn't have that national platform not being in elected office. >> she has a track record now, though. she has a resume which beats the band. that resume of serving with the state department, being first lady, her heroic nature, how she put up with all that and being elected senator of new york. that gutsy move to go up to new york and win and become a ver
obama doesn't have that. he had the speaking skill way ahead of schedule, the inspiration ability, charisma, he never developed a love of politics, love of politicians, sit around and play cards with them, their nuances, hooks, triggers, buttons, get to know them and figure out how you can work with some of them, even tough customers like eric cantor, boehner, get to know the tea party sentiment. >> and world leaders, chris. >> pardon me? i'm with you on that. >> chris, this...
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president obama always talks him into staying. this time he's telling his associates in the white house, no, i really mean it. i got to be out of here by september. wouldn't surprise me at all if it turns out september turns into october and a few more months after that. >> nicolle wallace -- >> real debate, obama wants him to say and sounds like rouse wants to go. >> you're nodding your head, time to get out of the white house. >> deeply held fantasy of every white house staffer to announce their resignation. you spend an inordinate amount of time planning and dreaming about your resignation, not because you don't love the president you serve, but you miss the daylight and the seasons. >> it's a grind. >> all the things -- it's a privilege and honor to serve but on the human level, it's an extraordinary grind and anyone that's been there since in the beginning is not only nearing a team when they're probably truly burned out but past that point. >> pete has been there since the beginning. thank you so much. we'll see you. >> comi
president obama always talks him into staying. this time he's telling his associates in the white house, no, i really mean it. i got to be out of here by september. wouldn't surprise me at all if it turns out september turns into october and a few more months after that. >> nicolle wallace -- >> real debate, obama wants him to say and sounds like rouse wants to go. >> you're nodding your head, time to get out of the white house. >> deeply held fantasy of every white...
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i am against obama care. if i were in the house i would be taking those votes to get rid of obama care. i'm not going to shut down the government. i'm not going to stop military people from getting their pay. i'm not going to cause political chaos. i am not going to hurt the conservative movement for a spectacle. this is a spectacle and a side show. and it will never going to have the desired effect. >> but this suicide mission is not just about obama care. if you look at what is going on in the house right now they are trying to pass the republican wing of the republican party trying to pass appropriatuations bills that would take spending so far below what a rational person would want to do that they couldn't pass the bill. the stuff is so conservative that i think they will have the same political problem if they were to pass one of those bills. >> what will happen at the end and, again, obviously you and i are going to differ on the appropriatuation bills. we did the same thing in '95, '96, '97. >> so mas
i am against obama care. if i were in the house i would be taking those votes to get rid of obama care. i'm not going to shut down the government. i'm not going to stop military people from getting their pay. i'm not going to cause political chaos. i am not going to hurt the conservative movement for a spectacle. this is a spectacle and a side show. and it will never going to have the desired effect. >> but this suicide mission is not just about obama care. if you look at what is going on...
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now we're watching what's the mess of obama care. why does the obama administration putting in these delays and changes? they recognize that there's huge problems. >> you defend it morrow bustly than they do. >> it's funny you mention mitt romney or raise the point why didn't they plan for this. part of the planning is what mitt romney did in massachusetts. in massachusetts mitt romney created the blueprint that became obama care nationally. employer coverage increased in massachusetts. what we have right now in terms of employers dumping employees from their coverage is more anecdotal. we have stories like u.p.s. or papa johns or olive garden. we have a few companies seeing an punt to blame this on obama care. in massachusetts what the plan based on i want increased. >> delays are good fodder. >> these are big companies. companies like u.p.s., huge payroll. >> how much does this, has this been a trend anyway before obama care and how much does it affect profitability for these companies? >> when i think about u.p.s. they are the lar
now we're watching what's the mess of obama care. why does the obama administration putting in these delays and changes? they recognize that there's huge problems. >> you defend it morrow bustly than they do. >> it's funny you mention mitt romney or raise the point why didn't they plan for this. part of the planning is what mitt romney did in massachusetts. in massachusetts mitt romney created the blueprint that became obama care nationally. employer coverage increased in...
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it can't just be against obama care. then you have to have a positive alternative and we haven't heard that. >> off al's point the timing works for obama here in that there's two showdowns, one over funding the government and the other over the debt ceiling. he would rather go off the cliff with respect to a government shutdown than a debt ceiling. if it comes down to calling someone's bluff my guess is the president would say fine, i'll let my bluff be called, shut down the government rather than let's default on our loans or default on our debt. >> they're both very dangerous tactics. >> but one is super dangerous and one is dangerous. and that would be the debt ceiling is super dangerous. >> super dangerous. >> let's move on to another bluff being called. >> sure. >> imagine a republican primary where rush limbaugh, sean hannity and mark levin run the debates. >> yes. >> if the rnc has its way it will become a reality. the conservative radio hosts are being looked at as the 2016 debate moderators. meanwhile the rnc is
it can't just be against obama care. then you have to have a positive alternative and we haven't heard that. >> off al's point the timing works for obama here in that there's two showdowns, one over funding the government and the other over the debt ceiling. he would rather go off the cliff with respect to a government shutdown than a debt ceiling. if it comes down to calling someone's bluff my guess is the president would say fine, i'll let my bluff be called, shut down the government...
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obama. i'm talking about rand paul and ted cruz. >> it's the same thing. >> are they distinguished characters. >> it's the same thing. >> are they leaders. >> it's the same exact thing. barack obama was only in for about two minutes before he decided he was bored with the senate and wanted to be president. he came in, ill equipped to be the leader of washington, d.c. rand paul, if he ran for president won, would be ill equipped. marco rubio, ill equipped. stay there for more than a few minutes. it's -- mike, six years in, who wrote the op-ed today? ron forn knee yeah asked the question this morning. >> about leadership. >> about leadership. what if barack obama -- this is nothing personal against barack obama. i'm not going to let you fix my car if you don't -- and i'm in the middle of the desert if you don't have experience fixing cars. >> everything has changed so much over the last 10 or 15 years in terms of leadership in washington. it used to be there was fear of the presidency. in term
obama. i'm talking about rand paul and ted cruz. >> it's the same thing. >> are they distinguished characters. >> it's the same thing. >> are they leaders. >> it's the same exact thing. barack obama was only in for about two minutes before he decided he was bored with the senate and wanted to be president. he came in, ill equipped to be the leader of washington, d.c. rand paul, if he ran for president won, would be ill equipped. marco rubio, ill equipped. stay...
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obama said. well yes, but a president's job is to give them that confidence, not to undermine that confidence. >> richard? >> it's interesting "the new york times" had an editorial saying the president didn't go far enough, "wall street journal" has an editorial saying the president went too far. the president preserved the programs and introduced some new processes, outsiders looking at it, advocacy proceedings in the special courts. before i could tell, listening to his press conference and the associated documents nothing changed in terms of what nsa and the u.s. intelligence -- >> congressmen complaining about this saying the president's tying his own hands and making america weaker. >> all he talked about was outsiders reviewing the program and having someone who with would stand up in the fisa courts, challenging it. 99.99% of the programs tend to be approved within the courts. if something actually changes down the road you can have this conversation. so far at least, the president seems t
obama said. well yes, but a president's job is to give them that confidence, not to undermine that confidence. >> richard? >> it's interesting "the new york times" had an editorial saying the president didn't go far enough, "wall street journal" has an editorial saying the president went too far. the president preserved the programs and introduced some new processes, outsiders looking at it, advocacy proceedings in the special courts. before i could tell,...
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as president obama's been talking about recently. there's a whole host of issues. we also need a government that is less hostile towards labor unions which provide key support for people in those middle income professions. >> all right, tim, thank you so much, greatly appreciate it. tim noah. this thursday, "morning joe," way too early, live from detroit, broadcasting from the floor of the ford auto plant. you know, br brian, a lot of it also, got to grow the economy. got to grow the economy back to where it was pre2000. and too often we look at the government for solutions to fix this problem, and i wish it were that simple. the rich are getting richer it the poor are getting poorer. in part because of this i.t. revolution. we've gutted out a middle class. we've gone up to ford. they're a success story but there's not a lot of them. >> this balance between automation and humanity. we were out there. it's amazing to see peep wople might have taken those jobs for granted ten years ago are absolutely thrilled to have a job with benefits. the truth is, i don't know ho
as president obama's been talking about recently. there's a whole host of issues. we also need a government that is less hostile towards labor unions which provide key support for people in those middle income professions. >> all right, tim, thank you so much, greatly appreciate it. tim noah. this thursday, "morning joe," way too early, live from detroit, broadcasting from the floor of the ford auto plant. you know, br brian, a lot of it also, got to grow the economy. got to...
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do the average americans understand what obama care is? >> the average member of congress doesn't understand. the changes were implemented august 1st? that's a key date. >> that's a key date but already because of changes in reimbursement, now the hospitals are waking up and saying we have to provide lower cost ways to serve the community so they don't come into the hospitals because we're not getting reimbursed anymore. so it's very quiet, it's long term, it's below the headlines right now something good is happening and that cost curve is starting to tip downward. >> coming up on "morning joe" from the new film "the butler" our conversation with oprah winfrey and lee daniels. we'll talk about the film and the changes at own that have the film pulling in a profit well before expected. and up next, the top stories in the blit capolitical play book. but first the weather. bill? >> it's sweater weather. >> is at that trip? >> in some places it's jacket weather. temperatures 15 degrees cooler from new york city to the ohio valley. this is a f
do the average americans understand what obama care is? >> the average member of congress doesn't understand. the changes were implemented august 1st? that's a key date. >> that's a key date but already because of changes in reimbursement, now the hospitals are waking up and saying we have to provide lower cost ways to serve the community so they don't come into the hospitals because we're not getting reimbursed anymore. so it's very quiet, it's long term, it's below the headlines...
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the book is "collision 2012" obama versus romney. you can read an excerpt on our site mojo.msnbc.com. good luck with those amazon people. i hear their sharks. >> oh, gosh. this is going to be bad. four famous faces join forces in a bearded tribute to the band mumford and sons. it doesn't end well. the viral video is next. ♪ i will call you by name i will share your ♪ ♪ "stubborn love" by the lumineers did you get my email? i did. so what did you think of the house? did you see the school ratings? oh, you're right. hey babe, i got to go. bye daddy! have a good day at school, ok? ...but what about when my parents visit? ok. i just love this one... and it's next to a park. i love it. i love it too. here's our new house... daddy! you're not just looking for a house. you're looking for a place for your life to happen. humans. even when we cross our t's and dot our i's, we still run into problems. namely, other humans. which is why at liberty mutual insurance, auto policies come with new car replacement and accident forgiveness if yo
the book is "collision 2012" obama versus romney. you can read an excerpt on our site mojo.msnbc.com. good luck with those amazon people. i hear their sharks. >> oh, gosh. this is going to be bad. four famous faces join forces in a bearded tribute to the band mumford and sons. it doesn't end well. the viral video is next. ♪ i will call you by name i will share your ♪ ♪ "stubborn love" by the lumineers did you get my email? i did. so what did you think of the...
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defund obama care? >> no. it would be an enormously destructive act. most of the republicans have said that. what is going on -- >> most of them have. that is an important point to make. most republicans have said that. i'm glad you are making that point. these people are actually marginalizing themselves more every single day. >> they are also pandering to a stituency. look who is leading the fight, ted cruz, rand paul, rubio, people who want to run for president. they want to command the right wing base in the republican party. and this is red meat for that stituency. this isn't about the good of the country. this is about pandering to the base to try to get advantage in 2016. >> thank you very much. chuck todd, thank you, as well. we'll see you at 9:00 a.m. john meacham thank you, as well. >>> tomorrow we'll be broadcasting live from the factory floor of the ford auto plant in detroit. we'll take a hard look at the bankruptcy issue. >>> later today rick snyder stops by to tell us what the state is do
defund obama care? >> no. it would be an enormously destructive act. most of the republicans have said that. what is going on -- >> most of them have. that is an important point to make. most republicans have said that. i'm glad you are making that point. these people are actually marginalizing themselves more every single day. >> they are also pandering to a stituency. look who is leading the fight, ted cruz, rand paul, rubio, people who want to run for president. they want...
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in this, president obama has failed. a day after egypt's military backed interim government slaughtered hundreds of protesters and assumed sweeping emergency powers, obama still could not bring himself to call what is happening a coup de ta. speaking from martha's vineyard he described it as, quote, an intervention in cairo. meanwhile, authorities were still counting the bodies. america cannot determine the future of egypt, the president said, which means the least we can do is stand for what we believe. gene, talk about it. >> well, you know, one thing the united states has not done and the president was certainly critical of the new military-backed government, but we're still giving $1.3 billion in annual military aid to egypt, the second largest recipient of u.s. military aid after israel. he is not cut off that aid which he would be required to do if he called it a coup. i think it's pretty obvious at this point that this was, in fact, a coup. it was backed by a large portion of the civilian population, but it was a
in this, president obama has failed. a day after egypt's military backed interim government slaughtered hundreds of protesters and assumed sweeping emergency powers, obama still could not bring himself to call what is happening a coup de ta. speaking from martha's vineyard he described it as, quote, an intervention in cairo. meanwhile, authorities were still counting the bodies. america cannot determine the future of egypt, the president said, which means the least we can do is stand for what...
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obama care, impeach the president. let's do it. >> we need an esteemed historian at this point, somebody who really -- >> wish we had one. >> wish we had somebody who -- >> meacham. >> we can call somebody. we can call somebody. >> come on, jon. the context of this. >> we talk about it now like it's going in our breakfast cereal. it's a big deal. >> it is a big deal. i would love to know the context. he was referring to some question there. so that -- what is that is getting allegedly the president close. is it nsa stuff, what is it? it has become more common since the late 1990s to talk about this. obviously because the country did it, went through it in '98 with president clinton. it's not, you know, impeachment is always a political tool. there's always some political element to it, obviously, because there is no definition of high crimes and misdemeanors. what is that? every generation, every congress, whoever wants to do it can redefine it. it's a kind of crazy armageddon. and i think that it's a sign of a certain
obama care, impeach the president. let's do it. >> we need an esteemed historian at this point, somebody who really -- >> wish we had one. >> wish we had somebody who -- >> meacham. >> we can call somebody. we can call somebody. >> come on, jon. the context of this. >> we talk about it now like it's going in our breakfast cereal. it's a big deal. >> it is a big deal. i would love to know the context. he was referring to some question there. so...
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part of what we have to do in the era of obama's disaster, we have to get beyond being anti-obama and we have to reconvince people you can have hope in america, we can have a better future. i will bet you for most of you, if you go home in the next two weeks while your members of congress are home, and you look them in the eye and say what is your positive replacement for obama care, they will have zero answer because we are caught up right now in a culture and you see it every single day, where as long as we're negative and as long as we're vicious and as long as we can tear down our opponent, we don't have to learn anything. and so we don't. this is a very deep problem. >> all right. >> jon meacham, you're raising your hand. >> i am raising my hand. i have a question for the retired gentleman from the first district of florida. >> yes, yes. >> willie, this one is for you. >> willie is actually from the first -- >> i'm joking. willie has never -- >> never had -- >> never took an ambien. he's perfect. >> you got hung out to dry yesterday. >> i did. thank you, willie, for that. >> i've
part of what we have to do in the era of obama's disaster, we have to get beyond being anti-obama and we have to reconvince people you can have hope in america, we can have a better future. i will bet you for most of you, if you go home in the next two weeks while your members of congress are home, and you look them in the eye and say what is your positive replacement for obama care, they will have zero answer because we are caught up right now in a culture and you see it every single day,...
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, save us from obama care. the president goes up to the capitol hill, he talks to the democrats, the first topic they want to talk about, the first topic he talks about, is how he's going to exempt them from obama care. >> well, joe, how many laws does congress not exempt itself from? there's a lot of precedent for this. lawmakers don't seem to actually want to live by the laws they pass. but anyhow, we're not going to have to worry about this, right? because the house is going to vote today to repeal obama care, so surely that will just sail through and solve the whole thing, right? >> and they're going to shut down the government if they don't get their way. >> of course. >> i mean charles krauthammer coming out this morning saying what we said yesterday, this is political suicide, and it wouldn't work anyway. sam stein, so let's give a little background on this. >> sure. >> i think it was grassley that put this amendment in to make sure that congress would have to live by the same laws that they passed as fa
, save us from obama care. the president goes up to the capitol hill, he talks to the democrats, the first topic they want to talk about, the first topic he talks about, is how he's going to exempt them from obama care. >> well, joe, how many laws does congress not exempt itself from? there's a lot of precedent for this. lawmakers don't seem to actually want to live by the laws they pass. but anyhow, we're not going to have to worry about this, right? because the house is going to vote...
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the implementation of obama care. what's his excuse? obama care is unaffordable, unworkable and unfair. many could lose their doctors and others may be forced to pay higher premium. obama care is a job killer that will hurt arizona families yet jeff flake refuses to do what it takes to stop funding for this liberal train wreck. >> flake's response on twitter was brief. oh, whatever. >> senator flake has said he would oppose the law but has resisted taking extreme measures like threatening a government shutdown to defund the law. >> the guy is about as close to a libertarian as we have. >> this guy is a genuine conservative. >> he is such a -- a real conservative. >> and doesn't want to shut the government down because he's a responsible person. this is insanity, what's happening. >> the group behind the ad -- >> no. my party is pushing back on this. you've already tried to blame bobby rigs on my party. >> that was a low blow. >> this group that is going after people like jeff flake and mitch mcconnell, you say, my par
the implementation of obama care. what's his excuse? obama care is unaffordable, unworkable and unfair. many could lose their doctors and others may be forced to pay higher premium. obama care is a job killer that will hurt arizona families yet jeff flake refuses to do what it takes to stop funding for this liberal train wreck. >> flake's response on twitter was brief. oh, whatever. >> senator flake has said he would oppose the law but has resisted taking extreme measures like...
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there's been a dip in approval under president obama. >> leigh, you think that's just obama's transition to presidency over bush? because that last poll was in 2007 and what else would it say? >> i think that has a lot to do with it. i think the world is looking to us for a number of reasons. you know, but i think that it's, you know, i think the timing has a lot to do with it. that was a long time ago. i think under president obama i think our global image has improved. >> joe, you can't forget how unpopular we were at the end of the bush presidency, right? >> no doubt about it. i mean, things were going poorly. of course, we're still having some problems in the middle east but across the rest of the world, across europe, those numbers are certainly up. you know, ed rendell, we've been looking at polls out of kentucky. looks like mitch mcconnell hasn't had a lot of excitement on his side. he's been tied with the challenger. the news yesterday, not news that any of us running in a political campaign would want, and there was a clip, let's throw to this clip where like do we have the actu
there's been a dip in approval under president obama. >> leigh, you think that's just obama's transition to presidency over bush? because that last poll was in 2007 and what else would it say? >> i think that has a lot to do with it. i think the world is looking to us for a number of reasons. you know, but i think that it's, you know, i think the timing has a lot to do with it. that was a long time ago. i think under president obama i think our global image has improved. >>...
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latest push for obama care. i can't believe it. but this obama care back and forth continues. and it's going to keep going straight through the elections. >> well, it is. he has president bill clinton is going to be out next week at his presidential library down in arkansas talking about what the law does, the facts about the law, the benefits, what's working. circle october 1st when enrollment begins and joe, politico is reporting that starting october 1st a whole political campaign around it. you will have the president, the first lady, the vice president, dr. jill biden, all out this fall making strategic appearances around this law. they're going to be tracking those enrollments, looking at it as a political campaign, where they're weak, where they feed to be and they will be sending officials based on how people are signing up. >> you know, i'm looking also at other stories in politico, one of your top stories, nancy pelosi, the hawk, tells barack obama to act on syria. isn't that interesting? the names of
latest push for obama care. i can't believe it. but this obama care back and forth continues. and it's going to keep going straight through the elections. >> well, it is. he has president bill clinton is going to be out next week at his presidential library down in arkansas talking about what the law does, the facts about the law, the benefits, what's working. circle october 1st when enrollment begins and joe, politico is reporting that starting october 1st a whole political campaign...
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they voted to repeal obama care 40 times. that's some activity sometimes 40, but is that actually something getting done? not really. >> yeah. i mean, you know, that's what happens when you're in the communications business, which is basically what these people are in. that's all they can topdo. >> can't miss a beat. >> back when i used to have a blog and i went away for an hour it felt like i didn't exist. twitter will take care of your readers. there's no risk of being on twitter. i got back from a week of fly fishing in maine, off the grid, twitter kept people busy. >> i'm going to try that. >> think about what you do and buzzfeed. it get back to the definition of work. it's -- we all do it. it's not really work. it's just that fear of missing something. i came in from being off from a couple days and said what about this story. they were like that's yesterday. every story, that's yesterday. it's not even yesterday. if it's six hours old it's old and the need to be on top of that -- >> i found as far as i found nothing hap
they voted to repeal obama care 40 times. that's some activity sometimes 40, but is that actually something getting done? not really. >> yeah. i mean, you know, that's what happens when you're in the communications business, which is basically what these people are in. that's all they can topdo. >> can't miss a beat. >> back when i used to have a blog and i went away for an hour it felt like i didn't exist. twitter will take care of your readers. there's no risk of being on...
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president obama lays out his thoughts on the justification for striking syria. while house speaker john boehner and more than 100 members of congress call for congress to have a bigger say in this decision. meanwhile, prime minister cameron and the uk parliament will convene to debate their role in this crisis. that debate could have an echo effect here at home. in the middle a debate over military action, three generations of presidents led thousands in commemorating the anniversary of martin luther king's dream. good morning, it's thursday, august 29, 2013. i'm chuck todd. my first reads of the morning. we begin is syria and that drumbeat apparently for war is a bit slower today. according to the administration, a strike could come as early as today. the president says he hasn't made a final decision and more than 100 lawmakers from both parties say if he opts for an attack, he should get congressional approval first. with that in mind, the white house will hold a conference call today with the
president obama lays out his thoughts on the justification for striking syria. while house speaker john boehner and more than 100 members of congress call for congress to have a bigger say in this decision. meanwhile, prime minister cameron and the uk parliament will convene to debate their role in this crisis. that debate could have an echo effect here at home. in the middle a debate over military action, three generations of presidents led thousands in commemorating the anniversary of martin...
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. >> i had asked her if she wanted to -- if she wanted president obama to come down and campaign for her and that was her answer, was that this campaign is about kentucky. in short, not so much. >> she's trying to separate herself a little bit. senator mcconnell chose to attack alison lundergan gims father, a former state democratic chairman. >> it's getting better and better. >> i want to say how nice it is, how nice it is, to see jerry hunter began balu lun --...